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TIIE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, MAY 1(5. WAR RKCOLLECTIONS. Another Chapter from Femlna—After Stoncman Came Sherman. Editort Telegraph and Mettenger: Stone- man tailed, but Sberman succeeded. As you recollect, Atlanta fell in the early Sep tember days. The weak and the helpless were driven out, and we were in constant apprehension that Sherman might ad vance, from that time, until the rumor of his approach became a settled fact in November. During the fall, sickness entered our family. We were still at our temporary home near Macon. Measles, of the most virulent type, attacked both black and white. In less than two weeks, seven graves were dug for the dead, and it seem ed to us as if the Death Angel was brand ishing his blade over us continually. Grief, illness, bereavement, told so heavily upon the writer, that a change of air and scene became imperative for her health. On the same Monday that Sherman started on his famous “march to the sea,” from Atlanta, your correspondent started the eastern part of the State, above Augusta, for a short visit to relatives and friends. With a blindness that now seem? ! goods and chattels, or whether we had a remna remnant left, to warrant a trip ingetting I control of it once more. ... , Mr. Editor, vou haw seen the glories of springtime, after a king, cold, drizzling rain in May. when the sun came out strong and hearty to invigorate the earth and all the living—and you can appreciate the change for us, when we were sheltered be neath their hospitable roof—well fed, well cared for, and gloriously welcome! Never seemed food and rest so sweet, nor will the dear friends ever know, until the mists roll awav in eternity, how precious was tills hearty welcome to a lot of fagged-out refugees. * A GOOD SAMAHITAN. For nearly three weeks we enjoyed the comforts of this delightful home, until my husband had made Ids way across the country—over swollen streams and through various difficulties—and found we had still enough of this world's goods to attract us to Macon. . , The negroes hail carried the stock away, and were returned 10 the old stamping ground before lie got there. Wheelers cavalry had carried off’ the last ear of corn and every hog, except one shrewd old porker, who skedaddled to the canebrake. Sherman burned a gin-house in sight, and vet spared us a shelter, all of which was made known to me os soon as the mails were sufficiently recovered from their dis jointed and confused condition. The difficulties of the trio in an open hack from Thomasville to Albany, at the moderate (!) chargeof one hundred dollars a seat, induced my host to send us by ta.xjtabW-, our military appeared to be 'V.mtters'' in‘ ” ^0" X! in bewildering doubt, in regard to liia K. movement, even then. Not until Friday of thOTweek, did it betray itself to the 1*0- ple ol Crawfordvtilo (where 1 was) that Gen. Slierman was coming, on his way to- vratds Augusta. Nor did his threatened approach to Macon appear to )>e danger, ous to my husband, until the same day. I atarted to rejoin them, by way of Au gusta and Milieu, on Saturday morning. My husband and little boy also started 00m Macon to find me. In case of "spoli ation, devastation and beggary," we each resolved to avoid an anxious separation, if possible, and whatever befell us, wc would share it together. The Georgia railroad train was crowded to overflowing with refugees, by the time we pulled up to the Augusta depot. The crowd pushed for the hacks and omni buses to convey them to the Waynesboro depot. I failed to get in titty yards of a ■ingle vehicle, so was left over till the next train, fortunately for me, as it turned out. After a delightful sripjier at the Planters Hotel, 1 retired to my room to rest until the ;s a. in. train was ready. The Macon train had just got in as I was leaving the parlors, and there seemed to be as many {lightened refugees coming in from that quarter as I had seen on the Georgia road. In a little while I beard rapid footsteps coming down the corridor that led to my chamber. As they neared my room, a waiter's voiie was heard: "It's near here, air." "No. sir; it's a little further on, it’s No. —, sir.” (The number of my room.) In a minute, a stentorian rap on the door followed, and when I opened it there atood my husband, haggard, travel-stained and apparently very anxious. "Thank God, I've found you, and we are ruined were the tint words. As soon as I had my arm around my dear little boy. I could listen to their account of the departure from Macon, and all the attendant losses, dangers anil apprehens'ons that would necessarily follow such a flight. Unless we could reach Macon by the next train, which 1 strenuously insisted upon, we would lie homeless, with nothing more than a change ol clothes and 11 little Con- federate money to begin life with. Not a wink of sleep had we. waiting for the train, and listening for the latest dis patches, We started at 3 in the enrlv morning. The wires were working nicely from Macon, when we reached Millen on tho Central road. At every station, we beard the same tidings, until we pulled up at a depot, ten miles south of Oconee bridge. The afternoon was raw, drizzly and glbomy. As the cars stopped I read bad news in the faces of the by-stnnders on the platform. The bridge was afire, they said, and we could hear the boom of cannon. All hope of advanco was quenched. The engine wee detached, run on until the dis aster was confirmed, and then the train was started beck. We, witli the other passengers, remained all night in the ear, and went euppcrless to bed, if such a lack of sleeping arrangements can so he desig nated. The rain drip[>ed mournfully from the car roof all night, and the hot, steam ing coach made It a moat unsavory lodging place. We had had no breakfast, except the remainder of ray lunch of Uie dav be fore, no dinner awl no supper. Next morning we secured a batch of fried sweet potatoes, dripping with grease, without she luxury ol a plate, and nothing else. When we started southward, It was with wrung hearts and tired frames, but the mental anxiety far outweighed tbe physi cal discomfiture. Between Handenvllle and Millen we had to decide U|ion a plan for the future; and the time was abort and tbe question momentous, as you may gueaa. My mind and judgment inclined to Macon. My "things" were there, awl their poesesslon was a grand item with me. as with the most of women. To reach Macon it would be necessary to go to Sa vannah, take the Gulf railroad to Thomas- ville, from thence by hack to Albany, nml gather, and relieve tire journey of some of its discomforts, if wo did not shorten its length. Mr. Olin McDaniel, the lather of our Executive, marie one of our refugee partv, awl it gives me pleasure to testify thesrncere friendship, the growth of which can be dated from my childhood, but the strength of which was tbe outcome of our four days’ trip, in war times, in a country wagon.' over the roughest roads and through the most spartely populated counties in Georgia, namely, \\orth ant Colquit. lie had charge of us, and well and faithfully did he perform the trust. We slept one niglrt in a room about 10x18 feet, with n family of sixteen in number. We drove through swollen streams and over almost trackless paths, and fed at our eanni, when wc could get food nowhere else. One night we had unusual difficulty in finding A lodging-place. The weather was threatening, and the two Ooklocknee creeks were ahead of us. so we hurried on to cross before the coming flood of rain should water-bind us. Dark c aught us without a shelter. At one place the people were expecting company, at another they were too crowded already. In one small house we found a white family and twelve negroes; so we did not ask to stay. Some time after night set in we approached a cabin, and a white woman answered our halloa. “No. site had no company, but the folks on the hill would turn her out if she took in refugees.” Our gallant protector begun to show uneasiness. W e had no matches, and the project of spending the night in an unknown country, in the swamps traversed by treacherous streams, without a light to help the difficulties that environed a delicate lady ami two children thus exposed to the night air with its deadly malaria, was what you might term unpromising, to say the least of it. Mr. McD., with our trusty colored driver, was obliged to walk licfore the tired mules to feel for the old ruts in the unknown road which were dim enough in the daytime, thickly matted as they were with dead pine straw.' Night, of course, made our pro gress more difficult. Our good friend told me afterwards that his spirits were at a very low ebb on my account, nnd he ami Uncle Harry were de bating the situation in a somewhat hope less way. when your correspondent, per haps divining their embarrassment, struck up a merry song, gathered the roj»es nnd with feet swinging over the wagon front, “gee haw-ed” the patient mules in the most approved style of a primitive age Had I known the extent of their care and apprehension, the tune would have been started earlier and have lasted longer. Some time l»efore midnight we hailed a friendly house and soon forgot in slee p THE CARES OF TIIE TOILSOME DAY. The next night found ns in Al-benny, as the natives called it. The hotel was burned a sl*>rt time before, and a temporary tav ern had l»ccn improvised of a building for merly used for offices, storage, etc. For the first time in my life I slept in a room with no window, but which had a small skylight in the roof, by way of ventilation. We fared sumptuously as to eating. Nev ertheless, the comfort hardly stood the test of eighty-tive dollars, in the way of our bill for three next morning. You so often paid out in those days a great deal for nothing that you could, however, bear to pay a large price when you got something in return, and the faro was good enough for a king, in this oddly-shaped hotel. Wc started early for Macon in a passenger car that had certainly withstood some sort of a collision, wreck or accidcrt. Hardly a window had its quantum of glass, and some of them were almost all broken out. Our railroads, like the Confederacy, were on their last legs. Directly, the weather grew fearful. The sleet was driven half across the car through the broken windows by the tierce winter gale. A sickly stove was hardly able to warm the toes of those who clustered atout it, and the rest of us sat and shiv ered. We were due in Macon at l p. ro.- with the slow schedule that obtained in those uncertain times, Later than tuat hour, we ran into a wreck that occurred earlier in the day, about eight miles from , the city. Tlic colliding trains had done TRANSFERRING CONVICTS. Caotaln w. D. Crant no Longer In Pcs- session of the Striped Workers. Atlanta Constitution. The convicts that passed through the city day before yesterday were the last of those at Grant camps. The name of Grant, and of Grant, Alexander & Co., no longer strikes terror to the heart of evil doers as in days gone by. Colonel J. W. English, one of tbo new lessees, Mr. J. W. Renfros, superinten dent of tbe Dade coal mine, Captuin W. O. Reese, general manager of the Dade coal mine, and Mr. T. J. James, one of the gentlemen who bought Captain Grant out, went to southwest Georgia several days ago to divide the convicts in the camps there. They were accompanied by Mr. William Turner, of the penitentiary de partment. Captain Grant had at the time of the sale of the lease 312 convicts. Those at work near Atlanta were divided among the purchasers several days ago. The convicts in South Georgia were di vided as follows : At Tennille, 13 to Copt. English nnd Mr. Murphy, 13 to Captain James and 13 to the Dade Coal Company, 23 apiece to each concern at the Old Town camp and at the Roger* camp, IX) each to the coal company and Captain James, and 21 to Captain English, making a total of 1WL The Dade Coal Company's go to the mines; those belonging to Captain English and Mr. Murphy go to the brick works on the river near the city. Captain James leaves 10of his at the Rogers camp and sends the balance to Old Town. THE NEW YORK “ HERALD” ON THE CONVICT TRADE# “The statement is made that an interest in a lease of State convicts (time to run not mentioned) has just l»een sold by tlie-hold- er to a syndicate, of which Senator Joseph K.Brown,of Georgia, is one member. The interest covers 320 convicts, and Senator Brown lias purchased, or now owns by virtue of partnership, one third of it. The transaction includes, besides the convicts, certain 'Old Town’ plantations (so-called), mules, wagons and appurtenances, for all of which the amount paid is said to have been between $80,000 and $100,000. “ ‘The voice is Jacob’s voice, but ibe hands are the hands of Esau.' “If the market value of the!al>orof these 320oonvicts were figured it would probably be found that the amount paid for their services is about a proportionate valuation of slaves in the good old times. This sys tem on the i»ort of the State of farming out the services of convicts is certainly onen to criticism ; and when n Senator of the United ■States engages in such traffic, the transac tion becomes even more questiona ble, as )H>ssib)y reflecting upon the digni- body to which he belongs. If of instruction will not only increase the productive capacity of the South by a better knowledge of the inventions of the age. but great good will unquestionably come from the mingling of the people of all sec tions in a national industrial celebration. The New Old-Testament. The revised translation of the Old Tes tament, which will shortly be published, may not take the place of tbe authorized version in popular estimation; but it may be fairly expected to dear up many infe licities and obscurities in that version which, puzzle the ordinary reader. The "unicorn” which never existed out side tbe English Bible will at last be kill ed, and the “wild ox” substituted in its .place. The “Book of Tasker” will be changed to the “Book of the Upright.” bunday-school children will be no longer troubled by the doubtful ethics of the Is raelites in “borrowing” jewelry from the Egyptians and then running away with it. The revised translation will rightly state that they asked for gifts, not loans. Jo seph’s many-colored "coat” will be a “tu nic.” The celebrated passage in the Book of .Job, “Yet in uiy flesh shall I see God.” will be changed to “Yet out of my flesh,” etc. “Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to tho plummet,” will read: "I will make judgment for a line, and righteousness for a plumb line.” In Psahu vii. the passage “Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels.” will * m lit* fled . ------_ there is a deficiency in the unstigmatized laborers in the State of Georgia, in propor tion to the amount of lal>or to be perform ed on ‘Old Town’ plantations, or otherwise, it would be well to supply this bv immigra tion from the over-crowded North. To throw in ‘mules, wagon* and appurte nances,’ as it were,‘to boot,’ is adding in sult to injury. And what, pray, is the practical difference between bnying and selling a man outright and buying or selling a lease of his time and labor, when to either transaction the man is a forced party." THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION. the Southwestern railroad to Macon. My persistence was rewarded, and we decided to make the attempt. For some reason or other it was pitch dark when the train readied Savannah. A haphazard drive to the Pulaski House with live omni bus creakiin under its overburdened load, I j. . was repaid by finding the lankest, leanest | found the track piled up with precious ■upper that ever greeted a poor, tired trav- salt, slowly diisolving under the pitiless eler in a modern hotel. I hope my veraei- rain. Knowing its value to the people ty will not be questioned when I tell you I j and the dearth of it, together with its high bad about the half of a small breakfast * 1 r “ § roll to my share—stale, cold and hard. A cup of some nameless sort of tea. mildly llidlnj? • io tnei lukewarm, without cream,washed itilmvn, or the effort wouM have proved a failure, lumen- as I was and hod been all day. We bed a aplendldly furnished room to }*IP. out however. We started before breakfast to the Gulf de|H)t and paid f?.‘> for one night's lodging and supper, such os it was. A visit to the bakery was a necci. alt*, and 112 worth of baker's bread (Con- federate currency) made us a much enjoy ed lunch, after we aecured seals in the can under difficulties at will appear. a wouAS’a aruraur. A military order bed been issued to pre vent ell able-bodied men from leaving the city, so I hod recourse once more to strat egy. Among tbe soldiers whose duty it -was to guard the depot and enforce the order there happened to be a favorite young cousin of mine. When oar turn Came, he officiated end passed us, the only positive piece of good luck that had at tended our forced march In front of Sher man's army. We started in fine spirits, considering every thing—leaving Savannah in a literal snow storm, so cold and in clement was the weather. Sixty mile* oat from Savannah our old {•rice, 1 groaned in spirit over the destruc tion, waste and ruin that lay before me. A 1’KAYKIl roil MACON, It was after 8 p, m. before wc rolled un der the Macon car-shed, to find the father and husband in n state of most intense anxiety on our accootit, because of some contradictory statements as to what trains had suffered in tho collision. Tke wind waa blowing big guns—a regu lar norther—and the prospect for getting nut to our country home was decidedly gloomy. Our stork of Confederate scrip was run ning luw, for It was only cheap and plenti ful to those who had something to sell, we with us then was nothing to sell anil all to buy. Htill we coaid risk another howl bill, and proceeding to the Brown House and called for a room. "Not a single room va cant," was the reply. "Can we sit by the fire and pay for it ? ’ "No, sir; we get |A a chair, but all the chairs are engsged to night." Bethinking ourselves of a friend who had also nfugeed, hot who might have re turned, we proceeded to call on him and found they had got home just that day and had one single bed up, hut whatever our misfortunes in other particulars we had tbe best and truest friends that this world A World's Fair on an Immense Scale. New York Sun. Washixotox, May 0.—The exposition to he opened at New Orleans on the 1st of next December, which was originally de signed to celebrate tlio centennial of the first exportation of cotton from America, now promises to become a more extensive exhibition of the industrial resources and products of flic world than any that has liltlierlo been held in this country. t New Orleans gives expression to the de sire of the South to be aligned with more progressive communities by making gen erous provision for the occasion. It wa* intended to group ad of the ma chinery, miscellaneous and collective ex. hibits in one grand building, and with tills view the main building was planned to cover thirty-three acres of ground, git afford. l,(!5il,3U0 .< uare feet of space, or 1,215,000 net exhibiting space, being larger than the Crystal I'alace building, and greater in size than the main building and the machinery hall combined of Phil adelphia in 1870, Seven months lieforo the opening it is found that the buildings are Inadequate, and arrangements are liclng mado for an other building almost as large as the main structure. Ail of the Southern States have applied for space to represent their natural re sources, except Kentucky, and a hill is ponding before the Legislature of that Slide for that purpose. Twenty Northern and Western States nnd Territories have notified the manage ment to reserve space, and others are muk ing arrangements to be represented. Fourteen foreign governments have tig nilled their intention to take part In the display, and n large amount of space has lieeu applied for by foreign firms and iudi victuals. Tho application* from manufacturers ami exhibitors in the United .States now rull for more space than was occupied by sue!) exhibits at Philadelphia. Kxjx>4- lions are also to l>e held ut ton don. Phila delphia, Louisville. Cincinnati. Chicago, Hi. Louis and Denver City, all closing be fore the New Orleans exposition opens, so that their choicest exhibit* may 1m: trans ferred there. . In addition, demands for space will be made bv foreign nations, per- sons and firms who hive delayed applica tions until the im|>ortatue of the exposi tion was demonstrated. The display of minerals from Mexico, Central America, anil from the Western States and Tcrritorie* will he lar^e. A live stock department will afford oie portunity for the S)uth and her Spanish- speaking neighbors to display their choic est breeds of animals. In the horticultural department a liberal and comprehensive premium list bus been adopted, embracing s)>ecimens of fruits and plants from all parts of the world. Over $'J).0U0 in premiums, besides gold, ^^■Thou hast made him a little lower than God.” In Psalin xx.vii, the passage. "Fret not thyself in any wise to do evil," will ho changed to “Fret not thyself; it tendeth to evil. And in Psalm ixviil. the passage*‘The Lord gave the word; great was tic company of those that published it,” will be made to read “The Lord giv- eth the word, and the women that bring glad tidings are a great host.” These are fa r samples of many of the changes which will he made. The aim of the translators has been to reproduce the meaning of the original as closely and ac curately as possible. It is pleasant to know that this object will oe attained without affecting any of the great dogmat ic statements contained in the authorized version. The revision will simply clarify the present venerable translation. Further Details of Mr. Glaterie .Death. Baltimore Bun. Norwich. Cons., May 7.—John F.Slater, the philanthropist, who gave a million dol lars for educational purposes iuthe South, died here this morning. Mr. Slater had been ill about live months, and went to JNew York some time ago for treatment. | He returned home three weeks ago. but since that time has been rapidly tailing. The cause of bis illness, which was violent indigestion, has been a mystery. Mr. Slater had been identified with the business interests of Norwich. Conn., since ImO. He was proprietor of a large cot ton mill at Jewett City, a director of the Washburn Manufacturing Com pany, of Worcester, nnd connected with several banking and railroad enter prises. Mr. Slater’s great donation of $1,000,009 as a fund for the education of I Sou them freedmen was mado March 4, 1882. It was Mr. Slater's desire that the income derived from investment of the fund should be devote to the oduc&tion of the colored race—that it should do fori them what the Peabody fund docs for the white race. The means to be employed are left to the discretion of the trustees,the donor haqing indicated his wish that special attention be given to the training of teachers from among the colored people and tho encouragemei.it of such institu tion as nre most effectually useful in pro moting tliis training of teachers. Neither principal nor income is to be expended in land or buildings, unless after the lapse of thirty-live years, in tho judgment of the trustees, the purpose indicated by the donor con be best attained bv the founda tion of some educational institution. Let us Improve Flint River. Apalachicola Tribune. The Tribune has watched with no little interest the effortH that have lately boon made toward the improve ment of Flint river from Bainbridge to Albany and from thence to Montezu ma. We have looked forward to the day when that great water highway would be opened up to navigation from Montezuma to this city, und can see no reason (except that perhaps the en terprise is a Southern one) why the tiring couhl not be reached if prop er measures were used in furtherance of the plan. Tire Tribune does not remember to have seen the report, but learnH that there is such n report of the engineers before the powers at Washington, claiming that (200,000 would put the river iu first-class condition for the navigation of large steamers at all sea sons of the year, (200,000 spent by the government on this- stream could not fail to prove otherwise than beneficial to the country. It would open up a stream that would in n short while outrival tire Chattahoochee in point of commerce, starting as it does at -Mon tezuma—only n few hours run from Macon by train—-and emptying itself into the Gulf nt Apalachicola, where it would be met by other lines. Every dollar that has beenexpendod on tire Chattahoochee lias paid for it self. Why then would this not be said of tbe FlintT The trade of tire Flint from Chattahoochee to Montezu ma would be as great if not greater BUY THE BEST I ‘ t) 1 ■■ The Champion Reapers | lowers AM) CORD BINDERS. versally acknowledged to be the most EFFECTI\ Machines in the market. They have been indorsed by the most progressive and successful farmers of this section after several years’ service We have in store a large lot of all sizes and styles, which we will sell at low prices and ^r. th «aoffeou C Wrir on such terms as will no doubt suit anyone who content- Chattahoochee runs, and the opening of the Flint would develop the coun try along its entire navigable course. Former experiments have given sat isfactory evidences that were tho river in a safe condition for the navigation of steamers, steamboat property up on this route would bo a paying invest ment, engine blew out one of itsbulkheodi (I; affords. Sheltered and comforted we don’t know bow many they are entitle.) ipenl the time until the we sma’ hours to), and there we belted until a halter une could be sent out from Savannah to our relief. All day. trains loaded with Ander son ville prisoner, were passing us, going to Bevannah, end I am ashamed yet, when I remember their destitute, squalid condi tion, even after all the neceaury allow ance-! have been made for the straitened resources of tbe Confederate government. At suppertime, we reached what should lures been our dinner bouse, Having pre pared a noonday meal, with no train to feed on it, it was resolved to have that ■ *ten before another venture in the cooking line waa attempted. If there eras any other reason to explain the unpalatable "spread,” I did not hear it. Fince Saturday night we had not been privileged to enjoy a seat at the table—ex canting our supper at the Pulaski, and this was Tuesday night! Leaving out the fried potatoes, near binders ville. we had lived mostly on ex|«rta<km and the tough baker's tread teemed in Savannah—at the imminent risk of failure to catch tbe earlv train. Friday night we spent in the can, and sometime daring iu long watches, it came Hke an inspiration to my hot bond's mind, that be had an old North Gerrgta friend firing in the vicinity ofgguitman. Brooke county. He resolved to encroach on their hospitality for ut, while l>e made bis way northward, to dis cover if Fhensaabnd totally destroyed our comparing notea and relating tbe adven turn that had befallen us.ln which re cital! the teen mingled with the hearty laugbt that succeeded every ludicrous epi sode of that eventful period of our national existence. When we reached Hardscrabble next day it waa the picture of e cheerless, deso late domicile. Wheeler, that prince of de- •tructioniats. had left hia sign manual on everything about it. Until the surrender, five months later, we hauled everv grain of corn for stock and for bread over twenty miles, because of his famous pro clivity of getting rid of everything that fell in his reach. But I'll bid you good bye. with a sincere apology for obvious prolixity, and I tru-t Macon will never see another raid beaded by either Stoneman or Tecumseh fiber* nian or anybody else. Fears An Invlsorant. A true tonic thoroughly reforms the con dition of the stomach when left by some debilitating disease, all torn to pieces as it ia often left by fever and ague caused by- malaria. Hunt'! Fever aud Ague Tonic will restore these functions. Only5u cents a bottle. Try it. It It guaranted. The peopled Randolph county will noon take • vote on the fence-no-for.ee question. silver ami bronze medals, arc offered. The president of the Mississippi Valley Horticultural Hociety Is made duel of tire department. One superintendent is ap pointed from Missouri, one from Indiana, several special commissioners from the Kast. and a foreign commissioner of na tional reputation from Georgia. At least 20,000 varieties of fruits arc provided for. Tbe direction of the agricultural depart ment has been tendered to the eloquent ami handsome Dr. Loring, of Massachu setts, commissioner of agriculture of the United States. Gen. Eaton, who organized tbe oduca* tional display at Philadelphia and at the Paris Exposition, will doubtless take charge of the department of education and instruction. It already has the approba tion of all tbe State school superintendents of the country and ot many of the teach- era' association?. A department of woman's work is to be •rganixed to practically illustrate and de velop the field of women's efforts, and en large the sphere of usefulness of the sex in the domestic economy and industry of the world. Provision is made for exhibiting saw mills in motion, wood, brick, and tile fac tones, experimental gardens, growing crops, such as cotton, sugar, jute, tobacco ami the like. Arrangements are making to gather large quantities of evergreens fr< m the nurseries North and South, with which to emtottUb the grounds, and many parts of the park which have i>een set aside for the ex|K>*ition will be rendered more attrac tive by the Mexican and Central Ameri can authorities, Florida, and California, through their sjecial garden?. The Mexican government has appro priated $210,(i)0 for the exposition, and many of the Htates in Mexico have ap propriated tf.UOO each for the special dis play of their resources. Each of the Central American republics i* exhibiting great interest, and many of tin* < itizens of these neighboring countries will doubtless profit by this opportunity to exhibit the resources of their resi»ectiv* countries, aud to provide themselves with improved agricultural implements. To manufacturers of every kind new markets w*iJ be opened, and such a school Mrs. President Madison. Mr.?. Dolly Madison was of Virginia irentage, though her birth took place in North Ca r olina during a visit of her parents to that State. A short time after her birth her parents joined the Society of Friends and. ii an miitting their slaves, removed to Pennsylvania, and their daughter Dolly received her education in this city. At an early ago she was married to Mr. Todd, a young lawyer of Philadel- { •bin. who (lied a short time afterwards, caving her with an Infant The young and beautiful widow was not without sui tors, and among the number, James Madi son, then a member of Congress from Vir ginia. was favored, and to whom sho was wedded In 1791. Throughout his long and eventful career she sustained tho charac. tdr of a devoted wife, and was of no small service to her distinguished husband in many of the scenes of life. During his administration as President of the L nlted mates she presided over the Whit e House with a dignity nnd grace seldom equaled, and commanded the admiration of Americans as well as for eigners. U|K>n the approach of tho Brit ish army to Washington in 1811, rare qual ities were developed in her character. To tho last moment that her friends would permit, she remained in the White House, securing cabinet papers, plate and other valuable?, and absolutely refusing to leave until the portrait of the father of his country, by Stuart was taken down and secured from the impending vandalism of the invaders. Her flight from the White House, and her escape in disguise, form an interesting and romantic incident '••the history ol that period. It waa a trying time for the wife of an American Presi dent. and there are few women who would, under the circumstances, have displayed an equal strength of mind, an equal degree of patriotism und an equal amount of con jugal devotion. After Mr. Madison’s retirement she malncd with him at his seat at .Montpelier, Va., smoothing the downward path of an aged mother-in-law, and perforating In r.n equally exemplary manner her duties to her husband until his death, in 1830. Du ring the greater part of the subsequent {•eriod she resided at Washington, the cen tre* of u refined and cultivated circle, courted and caressed by Americans, and honored by the attentions of the people of all ranks and alt nat on?. Her devotion to her husband'* memory lasted till her death, and through her efforts an apppropriation was made for the publication of his papers. — Den Perley Poore. A Pure nnd Effective Hair Dressing. Coconino, a compound of Cocoannt Oil. beautifies the hair and is sure to allay all itching and irritation of tho scalp. The superiority of Burnett's Flavoring Extracts consists in their perfect purity and strength. The Americus Recorder is going to have 1 ‘new peaches” in al>out n week, but it doesn't state that they will be ripe. The Old Grand Mother When called to tlxc bedside of the little child suffering with that night fiend to children and horror to parents, croup, the old grand mother used to send for mullein and make a tea and at once relievo it— made into a tea now and combined with with sweet gum it present* in Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mul lein a pleasant nnd effective cure for croup, whooping cough, colds and consumption I’rice: 2">e. and $1. This, with Dr. Bigger.?’ Southern Remedy, an equally efficacious remedy for cramp colic, diarrbeon, dysen tery and children suffering from teeth ing presents a little ' Medicine Chest no household should be without, for the speedy relief of sudden and dangerous at tacks of the lungs and bowels. Ask your druggist for them. Manufactured by Walter A. Taylor, At lanta, Ga., proprietor Taylor's 1'rcmium Cologne, L. W. Hunt & Co., wholesale agents, Macon, Gil PALMER’S Perfumes. EXQUISITE. PA LM KR'H Toilet Soaps. LOVELY. PALMER'S Lotion, the great skin cu PALMER'S Invisible, the ladies delight. PALMER'S Manual of Cage Birds, free. Tha Forestry Congress. Courier-Journal. 1 Washington, May 8.—Tho American Forestry Congress concluded its an nual session to-day. Papera were read by Messrs. Kgleston, of Washington; F. T. Baker, of Topeka, Kas., and B. E. Fernaw, of New York, on “The Value and Management of Govern ment Timber Lands." A paper by C. M. Read, of Hudson, O., on “The Presen-a tion of the Forests on the Headwaters of Streams," was received with marked attention by the delegates and warmly comtnemied. The last paper, by Jno. 8. llicks, of New York, waa entitled “The Planting of Trees by Railroad Companies." A committee appointed to examine into the merits of the bill now pending before Congress, entitled “A bill to es tablish National experiment stations in connection with the agricultural col leges of the various States," presented a report, which w as adopted, earnestly in io ruing the bill, and urging its pas sage. The Committee on Pul>!icauons recommended the appointment of a standing committee on publications, to issue a bulletin from time to time as i a means of communication among the j friends of the forestry movement and db-erninating valuable information; concerning forestry. These recom mendations were accepted and a reso lution adopted culling upon the induv i trial uchools to In-gin at once the work of forestry education in their i institutions. President faring delivered the clot-1 ing address. Adioumed tine die. The The Emperor Louis Napoleon nnoked only the finmt ci*»m the world could pro duce. Prof. Hotvford lays tbe Emperors dsan war* made specially for him in Hs- leaf grown. BUckweWi Dull Durham Hmoklnjr Tobacco U made from the mum kaf DMd in tbe Emiwroc** ctiran, la ftbao- lutely pur* and In u&quwUo&aUy th* boat toUcco ever offered. Thftrkrray'a rifted damrhter. Ann*. In her sketch of Alfred Tennyson, In H«rr*r'» Monthly, telle of her visit to the mat poet, 8h* found him mnokinir Blackwell's Bull Durham Tobacco, test him by lion. James Ilonell Lowell, American Miubtcr to tho Court of 8L June*. In the** daya of adulteration. It ta a com fort to rmoktra to *?•w that the Bull Dur< ham bnuid la absolutely pur*. btcco la tho Lh and pnreat made. All dealer* have it. None rruuino without the tnule-mark of the Bull plates buying a machine. Correspond with us. A.B. EARQUHAR& CO. MACON, GEORGIA. MON UMENTS! I AM manufacturers' agent for Crystal end Scotch Granite, Vermont and Italian Marble and White Bronze Monuments. Agent for E. T Bamum'a Imn ..a • Fencing. Vases aud Fountain.. 1 am better prepared niw thTn «er ta fiimUh YJl? clase work at reasonable prices, and will take pleasure in calling a'ttlfe bonin'of iea cS?on or wJlte’to CJ “” W ° rk ‘ X ° W is ,he ,inle toslre • vour ° rder »torfiUd?fi T eJ£ O. P. Heath, iTiyllwed»nn.ka3m 151 i-ccoml street. Macon, Ga. Clothing and Hats. W I NS H IP Ac CALLAWAY Take great pleasure in call ing attention to their, new stock of Spring CLOTHING AND HATS. They have made extrardi- nary exertions to suit the taste of their customers. The greater portion of their stock was cut and manufactured to thei 1 ordei They are pre pared to meet the demand for the finest and best grades of goods. OS AYER’S Ague Cure or.tr.ins nn antidote for nil nmUrli.l «IU onlcr* which, so far a* known, is used iu nt Ahtr remedy. It coutalns no Quluiue, »-«.r \.\J luim-ral nor deleterious suUtanc* vlu.l ever, and consequently produce* no injurious < ifect upon the constitution, but Uavet the tytU-tu as healthy as it waa before the attack. WE WARRANT AYER'S AGUE CURE to cure every caa* of Fever and Ague, Inter mittent or Chill Fever, Remittent Fever. Dumb Ague, Bilious Fever, and Llrcr Com plaint catired by malaria. Iu ease of failure, alter due trial, dealers are authorised, by our circular dated July lit, 1862, to refund the W. H. MOOR & CO, Wholisale Fruit 1 Produce Commission MKRCII , KTH, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. SPECIALTIES—'Watermelon* and 8outh- O ern Truck. Quick sale?. Prompt re turns. Reference: Merchant?’ Banic. At lanta. 8tencila furnished on application. inny8-daw3'u. Dr.J.C.Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggist*. WILBOB’S COMPOUND OF PURE COD LIVER OIL AND LIME. CLOUDS CREEK Mill SloiK'w ! CHEAPEST AND BEST. SEND FOB PRICES. GEO. B. LOMBARD A CO., Foundry, Machine and Boiler Works AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. febl2gunAired6tn Hcortm PJujjIneK BOI,.ER S Sawmills CrlBtMills and Sugar Mllio. KETTLES HORSE POWERS Cotton Vrcaaca, PULLEYS SHAFTING. GEARING Uulldor’N Cnailugg ta Fronts, Iron laBMas CD CD W1MDCW WE1CHT8 PCMPS, fc PiPM, INSPIRATORS, GOVERNORS) WATER Juck Scroww, Brass Castings D7-Our CANE MILLS ban Wrought Journals. Ga. aapB-waJAasiAwkly THE HISTORY OF MONEY TO LOAN -ON- Lire Insuranaco Policies ! ! ENDOWMENT Policies maturing with* Lj in five years discounted at fair rates. Apply to or address, inclosing stamp for reply, J. H.BIRClf oecfid&wly 25 Cotton Ave, Macon,Ga. Cod Uvsr Oil and Lime—That Pleasant and active agent In the cure of all comenmp- tlvemtema “Wlltior'* compound of Pure Cod-Uver Oil and Lime," la being universally adopted In medlml practice. Hold by the proprietor, A. B. Wllbor, chemist, Boston, and *11 druggists. 5DWARD P. HALSTEAD, Qualified Veterinary Surgeon, (Late of Hereford, England,) T)EGR to inform the public generally that bs IJ intends to open a Veterinary Infirmary la Macon for the treatment of Lame andfilck Rones and Mules. Horses carefully exam to- ed as to soundneM. Numerous reference* from tbe best men In North Carolina and Georgia. Addresa P.O. Foam. Cat ally at Tlmberlake * subla. pspa IHjiH 'LKcriu>-VOLTAIC BELT aad vs Brewer’s Lraj Restorer, Ha Claims Upon the Public-Why It should |i)« Unix.really Uaed. CTvr “•-'. 'f,r-etWajc-""’wnai Blaxwolten «we that Imi.are. ro- innln lii.laen lor year, right under one's ere. and only itiicorrrcl at but by sccldtnt. Such w*« the care with Brewer’. Lunf Restorer. Thl> remedy wunred (or Marly forty rear, by a little ucif hborhood of pcophfwho either did not appreciate It. true r.luc or did not hare the mean, or opportunity to proela'm It. virtue, to tho world. When they hat a cough, sora throat, bronchitis, tickling In tbe throat or other throat and Inng trouble* they made them a .mallkettle full olthl. unnamed rounding their home*, and In a remarkably ■hort tlmc-they were relieved by Its u— —* nerer thought of It any more trail again required, llowerer, thing* barec. rffl^do^^taTno' ty. The prerent proprietor* ol thla old r having by areldent learaed that Iu core* were miraculous,determined u once to ueertaln (or themselfe» wh.t merit It really poreeued, Urng Restorer, and It has becom* *o widely — .. moe* can In no way he harmful end irt< a‘ftMdte event that nlalla to cure the general health o( the patient la grretly Improved. It rap he giventoslxmonths' " r * “ scribed doses with * Restorer, ing : pon took have been from the heat people _ SSI the public that this merit. “ ‘ exiting against other remedy known, is mentioned wc c*~ iul-ln (act. mlraculom RSS ire fniind In io more to break down the prejm MONEY LOANED QS Improved Fai For term* apply to City Property. next WMion will be held at Saratoga, x a.: ptobnbly in September. 5 T“’oSN5(tiSV S&tftaTiBj- CDLL-GE. i SSBaaNaaS^'- R. F. LAWTON CgoaltewyNirih.-a . hand tsrOrmlar*. fre-. ItANKLH, MACON, CA. wr. MsKmV, -